Regenerative health at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center

The LiveHealthy Podcast

Mar 01 2023 | 00:27:35

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Show Notes

Dr Ruqqia Mir, the consultant neurologist at Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center talks all about the cutting edge work at the center, which recently conducted the UAE’s first bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis. Highlights: What stem cells are and how they work CAR (Chimeric antigen receptor) therapy, which harnesses the body’s defense system by reprogramming certain white blood cells (T cells) to identify and attack cancerous cells How the...

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